Knowledge Base

Dell Chromebook Battery Status LEDs

Learn what the battery status LED light status mean on a Dell Chromebook and how to resolve charging issues.

Battery Charge Indicator Light

The battery charge indicator LED light will either be located on the front or on the right side of the computer.

The table below lists the definition of the status LED light.

Power Source

System Power State

Battery Charge Level

LED behavior

AC Adapter

S0 - S5

Higher than 96%

Off

AC Adapter

S0 - S5

Less than 96%

White

Battery

S0 - S5

> Low to Fully Charged

Off

Battery

S0 or S3

Low to Critically Low

Solid Amber

Battery

S5

Low to Critically Low

Off

Battery

S0 - S5

Battery Error

Blinking Amber

S0 (ON) — System is turned on.

S3 (Sleep) — System is in sleep state. It consumes less power.

S4(Hibernate) — The system consumes the least power compared to all other sleep states. The system is almost at an OFF state, expect for a trickle power. The context data is written to hard drive.

S5 (OFF) — The system is in a shutdown state.

Battery Health and Charging

Note: You should always keep the charge on your battery above 1%, letting the battery completely discharge can be harmful to your computer and the battery may not charge from a completely discharged state.